The Campaign For DA

6.01.2006

. . . has died.
The Bass brothers are single-handedly, uh, multi-handedly responsible for revitalizing downtown Fort Worth.
When I worked there in the early 1990s, my buddies and I nicknamed the private security cops that patrolled downtown "the Basstoppo". We were pretty proud of that.

Generous? Not really. Based on their wealth and their gifts, their "generosity" equates to a person making $50,000 per year giving $100 per year to charity. All in all, I think the average person is probably more generous on a percentage basis. It's EASY to give when you've got it, means more when you don't.

Anon 3:07, I guess you have access to how much he made and gave? I read that in 1991 he and his wife celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary by giving $1 million each to 50 institutions. Sounds like a lot of giving to me, maybe he just fooled everyone.